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Maine Native Americans want athletes honored

Jul. 28, 2009
Leaders of Maine's Penobscot Indian Nation are calling attention to a baseball player whose contributions to America's pastime have been largely overlooked.
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Indian tribes call for sovereignty

INDIAN ISLAND, Maine, June 28 (UPI) -- Tribal leaders in New England adopted a resolution this week at a conference in Maine that maintains Indians have the right to govern themselves.

Black flies thriving in cleaner rivers

BOSTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Scientists said black flies are thicker than ever in Maine this year, thanks in part to efforts to clean up lakes and rivers.

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BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Relics of one of the great naval disasters of U.S. history, the 1779 Penobscot Expedition, are emerging from the mud in Maine.

Maine tags its lobsters in marketing push

PORTLAND, Maine, July 31 (UPI) -- The state of Maine wants to make sure that buyers know they are getting Maine lobsters and not "impostor lobsters" from Canada or elsewhere.

Attitudes toward French changing in Maine

SOUTH FREEPORT, Maine, June 4 (UPI) -- Change is under way in Maine to eliminate the negative stigma of French-Americans that has existed since the early 1900s.

Dynamic Atlas of the Gulf of Maine online

WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- The Gulf of Maine Area program of the Census of Marine Life, the Dynamic Atlas of the Gulf of Maine, consolidates decades of rich marine data.

Maine wants to use Indians to import drugs

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Maine's governor says he wants federal permission to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada -- via one of the state's Indian tribes.

Pact lets fish coexist with Maine dams

OLD TOWN, Maine, June 25 (UPI) -- A final agreement was signed Friday on a plan to restore migratory fisheries on Maine's Penobscot River while maintaining hydroelectric production.

Hydro, salmon interests agree in Maine

OLD TOWN, Maine, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Three dams along Maine's Penobscot River will be sold to a non-profit group in a deal to preserve hydroelectric generation and restore fish runs to the sea. The Penobscot River Restoration Project said Monday its $25 million agreement with PPL Corp. will

Michaud leads in Maine 2nd

BANGOR, Maine, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- In Maine's 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Mike Michaud held a slim lead Tuesday night over Republican Kevin Raye. Incomplete early returns from 46 percent of the precincts showed the state Senate president pro tempore with 53 percent of the vote to
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch